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Not necessarily who you think are the best players in the Test side, but who are the players you liked the best, or wanted to do well, whose career did you follow from youth level, whose name did you first check out when you looked at the scorecard?

My list....

1) West Indies - Jimmy Adams
2) England - David Gower
3) Australia - Michael Clarke
4) New Zealand - Ross Taylor
5) India - Mohinder Amarnath
6) Pakistan - Imran Khan
7) Sri Lanka - Angelo Matthews
8) Bangladesh - Shakib al-Hasan
9) South Africa - Makhaya Ntini
10) Afghanistan - Asghar Afghan
11) Ireland - Kevin O'Brien

Mudassar Nazar- Pak
Tamim- BD
Dravid- India
Lara- WI
Taibu- Zim
McCullum- NZ
Flintoff- Eng
Steyn- SA
Dawlat Zadran- Afg
Herath- SL
Harris- Aus
Rankin- Ire

Twelve there, so pick a twelfth man to field. Or leave out Zadran because he's only played ODIs.

1) West Indies - Lara
2) England - Hick
3) Australia - Ponting
4) New Zealand - M Cowe
5) India - Sachin
6) Pakistan - Waqar
7) Sri Lanka - Murali
8) Bangladesh - Tamim
9) South Africa - Donald

Australia - Mitchell Starc
Bangladesh - Shakib Al-Hasan
England - Jack Leach
India - Che Pujara
New Zealand - Kane Williamson
Pakistan - Younus Khan
South Africa - Mark Boucher
Sri Lanka - Angelo Mathews
West Indies - Sheldon Cottrell
Ireland - Will Porterfield

Good question

Australia - Pat Cummins
Bangladesh - Mahmadullah
England - Cook (sorry AC)
India - Dravid
New Zealand - Dan Vettori
Pakistan - Azhar Ali
South Africa - AB de Villiers
Sri Lanka - Chaminda Vaas
West Indies - Brian Lara
Ireland - Ed Joyce

Should we do a thread on least favourite too, or is that just asking for trouble?

Nick Cook?

Australia - Cummins
England - Anderson
India - Pujara
New Zealand - Wagner
Pakistan - Akram
South Africa - Donald
West Indies - Lara

1) West Indies - Brian Lara
2) England - Ian Botham
3) Australia - Ed Cowan
4) New Zealand - Richard Hadlee
5) India - Kapil Dev
6) Pakistan - Imran Khan
7) Sri Lanka - Kumar Sangakkara
8) Bangladesh - Shakib al-Hasan
9) South Africa - Shaun Pollock

I loved my allrounders when I was a teenager just getting into cricket, as you can probably tell

Ed cowan is an odd one, I know, but I spent 4 days talking to him in 2013, when he was carrying drinks and he was just a top, top bloke. I always wanted Durham to sign him, but this was at a time when Durham couldn't afford an overseas pro

Australia- Richie Benaud
West Indies - Gary Sobers
South Africa- Graeme Pollock
England - Derek Underwood
New Zealand - Martin Crowe
India - Sachin Tendulkar
Pakistan - Asif Iqbal
Sri Lanka - Aravinda de Silva

1) West Indies - Viv Richards
2) England - Ian Botham
3) Australia - Simon O'Donnell
4) New Zealand - Richard Hadlee
5) India - Kapil Dev
6) Pakistan - Wasim Akram
7) Sri Lanka - Sanith Jayasuria
8) Bangladesh - Mohammad Ashraful
9) South Africa - Clive Rice

Why O'Donnell, Ian?

Saw him in a televised single/double wicket tournament from Hong Kong, and thought he was going to be the next great all rounder. Followed him thereafter.

ianp1970 wrote:Saw him in a televised single/double wicket tournament from Hong Kong, and thought he was going to be the next great all rounder. Followed him thereafter.

I see you like an all-rounder!

That's one thing the Aussies have lacked over many years. O'Donnell did look like a decent cricketer when he toured in 1985, until he got dropped that is!

He had some kind of cancer when he might have been at his peak.

Gingerfinch wrote:

ianp1970 wrote:Saw him in a televised single/double wicket tournament from Hong Kong, and thought he was going to be the next great all rounder. Followed him thereafter.

I see you like an all-rounder!

Surprising number of knighted players too!